June 20, 2013 (San Diego's East County) --ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
- Supreme Court: For right to remain silent, a suspect must speak (Jewish World Review)
- Supreme Court rules that human genes cannot be patented (+video) (Christian Science Monitor)
- NSU admits listening to US phone conversations without warrants (CNET)
- ACLU sues to prevent dragnet collection of phone records (New York Times)
- New York lays out $20 billion to adapt to climate change (Reuters)
- How Regulators Enticed Verizon to Sell Out Customers to the NSA (Reason)
- Education crisis not limited to poor school districts (U-T San Diego)
- FEMA denies aid to Texas for blast (AP)
- Obama’s Supreme Court Losing Streak: 0-3 in Property Rights Cases (Reason)
WORLD
- Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate change and energy shocks (Guardian)
- Japan formally OKs new nuke safety requirements (U-T San Diego)
- China puts up a green wall to US trash (Christian Science Monitor)
- Somali Islamist rebels launch deadly attack on U.N. compound (Reuters)
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